What did Tacitus mean by: The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. - Tacitus Historian · Italy Copy
+ It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Likes, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.] Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Ignorance, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Political, Politics, Ruling, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Hate, Mind, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Peace, Wilderness, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Government, Law, Numbers, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Be Good, Envy, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
+ We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.] Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Tacitus, Fortune, Good Fortune, 0 - Tacitus Historian · Italy
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
